https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272415 Once possession is taken under the urgency provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, the land vests in the Government free from all encumbrances, and that statutory vesting is not displaced by any earlier irregularity in taking possession. After vesting, the Government cannot withdraw from or cancel the acquisition under Section 48, because that power applies only before possession is taken. Nor can Section 21 of the General Clauses Act be used to undo a vested acquisition, as the special scheme of the Land Acquisition Act prevails over the general power of rescission. The acquisition therefore could not be cancelled once statutory vesting had occurred. en-us Tue, 28 Apr 1970 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 02 May 2018 16:53:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272415 Once possession is taken under the urgency provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, the land vests in the Government free from all encumbrances, and that statutory vesting is not displaced by any earlier irregularity in taking possession. After vesting, the Government cannot withdraw from or cancel the acquisition under Section 48, because that power applies only before possession is taken. Nor can Section 21 of the General Clauses Act be used to undo a vested acquisition, as the special scheme of the Land Acquisition Act prevails over the general power of rescission. The acquisition therefore could not be cancelled once statutory vesting had occurred. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Apr 1970 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272415